Christmas Bird Count Season is Upon Us!

Below are a few of the local Chicago area Christmas Bird Counts (CBCs), of which Chicago Audubon helps co-sponsor two (Indiana Dunes and Chicago Urban). A CBC count circle is 15 miles in diameter. Field observers and 'feeder watchers' are both needed.

If you would like to help count bird birds for any of these counts, please contact the compilers mentioned.

CLICK HERE for date or contacts of additional Illinois CBC's.

2006 CBC info for Greater Chicago Area

• Saturday, December 16, 2006: Fermilab-Batavia (DuPage Birding Club). Jeff Chapman, jeffchapman1@sbcglobal.net (630) 910-8684.

• Saturday, December 16, 2006: McHenry (McHenry County Chapter of the Illinois Audubon Society). David A. Frey; dafcjf656@yahoo.com; (815) 338-4866.

• Saturday, December 16, 2006: Indiana Dunes (Chicago Audubon Society and Dunes/Calumet Audubon Society). Doris Nitecki; mhnitecki@aol.com; (773) 955-7385 (weekdays) or (219) 787-8734 (weekends).

• Sunday, December 17, 2006: Lisle Arboretum (Chicago Ornithological Society). Geoffrey A. Williamson; lislecbc@chicagobirder.org; (773) 935-8439.

• Sunday, December 17, 2006: South Lake County (Indiana) (Dunes-Calumet Audubon Society). Barb Dodge; (219) 992-2413.

• Sunday, December 17, 2006: Chicago Urban (Evanston North Shore Bird Club and Chicago Audubon Society). Jeff Sanders; yellowstart5@yahoo.com; (847) 657-6431.

• Monday, December 18, 2006: Barrington (Prairie Woods Audubon, Natural History Society of Barrington, and Kane County Audubon Society). Duane Heaton; dheaton19@comcast.net; (847) 358-5856 (evenings).

• Monday, December 25, 2006: Chicago Lakefront. Joel Greenberg; ckerchmar@earthlink.net; (630) 725-9416.

• Saturday, December 30, 2006: Evanston North Shore (Evanston North Shore Bird Club). Tim Wallace (847) 548-2654

• Saturday, December 30, 2006: Calumet City/Sand Ridge (Sand Ridge Audubon Society). Carolyn Marsh; cmarshbird@prodigy.net; (219) 659-7904.

• Monday, January 1, 2006: Waukegan (Evanston North Shore Bird Club). Joel Greenberg; ckerchmar@earthlink.net; (630) 725-9416.

• ** DATE TBA Thorn Creek/Park Forest (Thorn Creek Audubon Society). Jim Kelly, jjkelly959@aol.com, (708) 790-4702; or Aura Duke, auraduke@aol.com, (708) 748-6407.